Ohio State’s Taylor Named Great Lakes Regional Track and Field Performer of the Year – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 9, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State senior thrower Dan Taylor, who will lead the Buckeye track and field contingent to the 2004 NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. this Friday and Saturday, was named Great Lakes Regional Male Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field Coaches Association Tuesday.
Taylor, a native of Middlefield, Ohio, established the American collegiate record in the weight throw on three separate occasions this season, including his current standard of 78 feet, 9 L inches (78-9.25/ 24.01m) set at the regular season-ending Scarlet and Gray Invitational Feb. 21. The five-time All-American followed that effort at the Big Ten championships, where he successfully defended his 2003 conference titles in both the weight and shot put with heaves of 75-8.25 and 66-11.25, respectively.
Taylor, who also holds the second best mark in the weight throw in the country this season, was unbeaten in 15 throw events in 2004 and travels to the NCAA meet with aspirations of becoming Ohio State’s first male indoor national champion since 1980.
